The capital’s cycle hire scheme, which is scheduled to launch in summer 2010, will be free to use for the first half hour but will cost anyone wanting to use the service for more than 3 hours a minimum of £35 according to TfL.
RMT claims Johnson plans to close Tube ticket offices
Boris Johnson has been accused by the RMT union of planning to close the ticket offices of 144 London Underground. The union says transport bosses are planning “savage reductions” in service across the tube network.
AMs call on Mayor to write to c-charge dodging embassies
London Assembly members have called on Boris Johnson to ask US President Barack Obama and other heads of state responsible for embassies with outstanding Congestion Charge fines to explain their refusal to pay to Londoners.
Ministers should scrap “unnecessary” Government Office for London – AMs
Members of the London Assembly have called on ministers to scrap the “unnecessary” Government Office for London, the body which aims to “speak up for London” in the development of central Government policy.
TfL issue Christmas and New Year travel guide
London’s New Year’s Eve free travel is to be sponsored this year by ING Direct. The sponsorship deal was announced today as the capital’s transport chiefs issued travel information for the festive period and advised passengers that public transport “will without doubt be the best way to travel” after welcoming in the New Year.